An Analytical Study of Early Childhood Education Facilities in Public and Private Sector Schools in Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze a situation of ECE facilities
available in public and private sector schools in AJ&K. The main objective
of the study was to assess the availability of physical, academic, sports and
learning environment facilities for ECE in public and private sector
schools in AJ&K. The study was descriptive in nature and a quantitative
approach was applied for conducting the research. A questionnaire was
used for the collection of data from respondents. The sample consisted of
100 teachers, which were 50 from the public sector and 50 from the private
sector by using a disproportionate stratified random sampling technique.
A questionnaire consisted of 46 items with four subscales was used in this
study. Mean, standard deviation and t-test was used to analyze the data.
Expert opinion was taken to check the validity of questionnaire.
Cronbach’s Alpha of the questionnaire was .705. The result of the study
revealed that the availability of all four facilities is better in public sector
schools than private sector schools. It is recommended that resources of
teaching and learning for early childhood education need to be increased.
It is also suggested that the curriculum for ECE should also be revised and
implemented in private sector schools of AJ&K.